Matteson, IL–(ENEWSPF)– State Representative Al Riley established a program to develop an interest in the legislative process for high school students. “Faces of the Future” includes sessions on topics and issues important on all levels of government, from local government to world issues. The intent of the program is to[Read More…]

Photo Gallery: Eastside Sports Club – July 30, 2008 Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Children flocked to Algonquin Park last Wednesday as the Eastside Sports Club held its annual softball game.  The Eastside Cubs and White Sox faced each other in the afternoon heat, weathering a brief downpour that stopped play for[Read More…]

Commissioner Alfreda Keller (right) presents the Good Egg Award to Danielle Gladstone. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations recently presented the 2008 Good Egg Award to Danielle Gladstone of Park Forest and Sharon Minster of Flossmoor. A ceremony was held prior to the start[Read More…]

Artist Jesus Rodriguez discusses his works and thanks resdidents. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Photo gallery of Mural Dedication Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — Close to 100 gathered last Wednesday evening for the dedication of the mural on the on the Cultural Arts Building in DownTown Park Forest.  Seated on rows of chairs[Read More…]

Commentary iWent shopping for a new cell phone yesterday.  My Treo 650 finally sprung a leak.  Up to now, that phone was simply the best phone iEver owned.  In spite of the numerous times iDropped it though the years, it held up solid.  The tone was always clear, and iLove[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Hashmel Turner of Fredericksburg, Va., wears two hats: City Council member and part-time pastor of the First Baptist Church of Love. Not surprisingly, Rev. Turner wants to pray in the name of Jesus Christ — including[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hundreds of online Kaplan University students from all across the United States, and from Canada, Guam and the Virgin Islands, gathered at the Chicago Symphony Theatre today to celebrate a milestone event—their college graduation. Juli Norell, the student speaker, commended her fellow graduates for overcoming obstacles to achieve their[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police followed a trail of burglaries and vandalism to motor vehicles throughout the night of Wednesday, July 30. Calls started coming into SouthCom dispatch beginning around 4 a.m. The first call was a report that the front passenger side window of a vehicle parked in the 200[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new study published today by UCLA’s Williams Institute finds that same-sex couples eagerly take advantage of the ability to marry or form civil unions when presented with the opportunity. More than 85,000 couples have already signed up for legal recognition in eleven states—40% of all same-sex couples[Read More…]